What does interesting mean?
Definitions for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word interesting.
Princeton's WordNet
interestingadjective
arousing or holding the attention
Wiktionary
interestingadjective
Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
Wikipedia
interesting
Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object, event, or process. In contemporary psychology of interest, the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as curiosity and to a much lesser degree surprise.The emotion of interest does have its own facial expression, of which the most prominent component is having dilated pupils.
ChatGPT
interesting
Interesting refers to something or someone that arouses curiosity or captures the attention, due to its unique, unusual, or fascinating qualities. It is often associated with novelty, creativity, unpredictability, complexity, or personal relevance that makes the subject appealing or captivating.
Webster Dictionary
Interesting
of Interest
Interestingadjective
engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news
Wikidata
Interesting
"Interesting" was the fifth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first broadcast on BBC2 on 7 December 1982.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
interesting
In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of ‘annoying’, or ‘difficult’, or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times”. Oppose trivial, uninteresting.
Suggested Resources
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1182
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #592
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Adjectives Frequency: #126
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of interesting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of interesting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of interesting in a Sentence
I started jotting down these stories and I really liked it. And one of the interesting things for me is that it really got me focused, more than I had been in quite a while, on the writing — on the quality of my writing and of my sentences, i think this has made me a better writer, which is kind of fun.
President Trump made a number of interesting proposals there, president Trump's trying to cut foreign aid to a lot of different countries, trying to do more loans fewer grants.
Douglas Adams, Salmon of Doubt, 2002:
I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
German offshore wind has become very important for us, onshore wind in eastern Europe and the Balkan countries is currently interesting, especially in Poland and Romania.
Builders build and make dreams a reality, but this plan looks like a stretch because the country cannot afford to undertake massive new projects when the national debt is over $31 trillion, there are some interesting ideas here, but this is not the right time for bold plans that dream big. There’s no money left in Uncle Sam’s till to pay for big dreams and daring projects.
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- مُشَوِّقArabic
- maraqlıAzerbaijani
- ціка́выBelarusian
- интере́сенBulgarian
- interessantCatalan, Valencian
- zajímavýCzech
- diddorolWelsh
- interessantDanish
- interessantGerman
- ενδιαφέρωνGreek
- interesaEsperanto
- interesanteSpanish
- huvitavEstonian
- جالبPersian
- mielenkiintoinen, kiinnostava, kiintoisaFinnish
- intéressantFrench
- nijsgjirrichWestern Frisian
- spéisiúil, suimiúilIrish
- inntinneachScottish Gaelic
- interesanteGalician
- מענייןHebrew
- रोचक, दिलचस्पHindi
- érdekesHungarian
- հետաքրքիրArmenian
- interessanteInterlingua
- interesantaIdo
- athyglisverðurIcelandic
- interessanteItalian
- 面白いJapanese
- საინტერესოGeorgian
- 흥미롭다, 흥미로운Korean
- įdomusLithuanian
- интересен, за́нимливMacedonian
- interessant, belangwekkendDutch
- interessantNorwegian
- interessantOccitan
- ciekawy, interesującyPolish
- interessantePortuguese
- interesantRomanian
- заня́тный, интере́сныйRussian
- रोचकSanskrit
- zanimljiv, интересантан, interesantan, занимљивSerbo-Croatian
- zaujímavýSlovak
- zanimivSlovene
- interesantAlbanian
- intressantSwedish
- ఆసక్తికరమైనTelugu
- ilginç, enteresanTurkish
- ціка́вийUkrainian
- روچک, دلچسپUrdu
- nitedikVolapük
- טשיקאַווע, אינטערעסאַנטYiddish
- 有Chinese
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